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york city and, at the mid-atlantic, southward in d.c.. we've been watching this cold slow-moving cold front that jonathan was talking about. really warm air. we've been seeing damage out of minnesota on memorial day where we saw trees on somebody houses. it's one thing to watch this radar from the storms. when you see this damage taking our communities, this is a tornado yet to be determined how strong it was. also some straight line winds bringing down the choices we'll. last night we saw storms in oklahoma, also in kansas, that is we're watching this hour. that tells you how slow it's moving when you're watching this says a afternoon. this looks like on radar. lots of lightning, we're seeing flooding rains red boxes that's indicating flash flooding. that's really dangerous when it comes to weather. then as we go throughout the time here today we're gonna see the cold front slowly moving off to the east. that's gonna bring the chance for some severe weather also from the great lakes to the interior parts of the northeast
obamacare. first, bill karins with a look at the continued severe weather across the country. >> we have a dangerous day coming on wednesday. this is on the heels of what we dealt with, 15 tornadoes reported yesterday, most in sfral georgia. let me show you this picture in a parking lot camera in louisiana. this is a small narrow but intense tornado. look at that car. it picks it up and tosses that white vehicle. notice how narrow it was. the cars on the left and right were untouched. it was that small and that intense. that's why sometimes your neighbor's house can get destroyed and yours barely touched. what's left of the storms from yesterday is rolling through the northeast. a lot of heavy rain in boston, albany, philadelphia and d.c., a few showers throughout the day. for today, storms in oklahoma and arkansas and missouri. it's not going to be tornadic. then we start with the big outbreak we'll deal with late tonight and early tomorrow morning. we'rgoing to watch the storms in the southeast along the gulf
wide at times. very, very dangerous, as well. this is the line of thunderstorms that helped form that elmer, oklahoma tornado. take a look at this time lapsed foo footage coming from the region. this, to me, is the best video we have. take a look at this. that is called a rear inflow jet that helps fuel the severity of a super cell thunderstorm just like this. and it can create extremely strong winds and create scenes just like this behind me. toppling trees, houses on top of vehicles, scary stuff, life threatening stuff. fortunately no fatalities or injuries have been reported. it's amazing that people got out of this without any injuries. in fact, we had 26 tornados on saturday. we are in the peak of the severe weather season across the united states. and we have yet another chance of severe weather, believe it or
not, this sunday. and we'll highlight that area in just one moment. at the moment, we have a line of thunderstorms moving across missouri, arkansas and texas. some severe weather still possible for arkansas and missouri. at least for the next foreseenble future. later this afternoon and evening, we're talking about sunday afternoon and evening local time across the midwest. we have severe weather that will refire, this time upwards of 30 million people or more under the possibility of severe weather. large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornados. we do not believe these tornados will be as dangerous or widespread as what we experienced today or being saturday. however, all thunderstorms with tornados are dangerous, obviously. this is a large area. we're going to pay very close attention to this. on top of the tornado threat, we've had an extensive amount of rainfall across texas, oklahoma and arkansas. the national weather service has issued flood watches and warnings for that region. atika, it only takes one foot of water to float a vehicle.
syrian helicopter that violated its air space, but syrian state tv claims it was a surveillance drone. turkey's defense minister says two fighter jets shot at the helicopter after it flew seven miles or 11 kilometers into its air space. it's unclear where the aircraft came from. the turkish military says it has increased security in the area following the incident. well, it's been a rough couple of weeks for parts of the central united states. more powerful storms bringing tornados and tearing through parts of texas and oklahoma. check out this picture, this massive wedge tornado spotted in elmer, oklahoma. fortunately, no injuries or deaths reported. for more on this, we have meteorologist derrick van dam. he is at the world weather center. those pictures are extraordinary, derrick, and it's really the first time i've heard the phrase a wedge tornado. >> yeah. a wedge tornado is a tornado that is wider than it is tall. so these things can be as expansive as up to a half mile
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good morning, st. louis. welcome back to "morning joe." a quick weather update. this is going to be a quick one. the forecast is beautiful. there's not much to talk about. amazing how quiet this may is, no tornadoes, no heat waves or flooding. show you the temperatures. it's nice and comfortable in the east. new england in the 50s. 60s in the southeast. this afternoon, gorge around the east coast. the middle of the country is warmer than normal. the humidity is low. the west coast, not many issues there, either. a slight chance of showers in montana. as we take you through the weekend forecast, looking good. storms in florida, which are typical this time of year. storms in oklahoma to minneapolis saturday and sunday. they are scattered. consider yourself unlucky. otherwise, enjoy the best spring weekend yet. coming up on "morning joe," two